2020 Year-In-Review: TV I Watched
Jan. 1st, 2021 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chuckroI had a somewhat more even spread of Netflix versus Hulu shows this year, plus a bunch of DC Universe shows. I watched a lot of movies (29 that I logged; almost half of them in December), but saw exactly one in a theater.
Things that stood out included:
Cartoons: I watched the last season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power; one season each of Ducktales, Harley Quinn and Steven Universe; and the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Superheroes: I watched a season each of: DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Swamp Thing, Titans, Doom Patrol, and Umbrella Academy.
Comedy: I finished out The Good Place and Perfect Harmony. I watched another season of Brooklyn 99. I watched the first seasons of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and What We Do in the Shadows; and both seasons of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Everything else was a bit of a mishmash, including a season each of The New Legends of Monkey (medieval fantasy), Catch-22 (black comedy), I Am Not Okay With This and Euphoria (teen drama), Stranger Things (horror) and Star Trek: Discovery (sci-fi).
I described by watching habits last year as “I want to be entertained because the world sucks.” Wow, did that continue as before! I’m going into 2021 with some new DVD sets and several recommendations; but I suspect I’ll also try to cull off some things on my list that I’ve clearly lost interest in. The fact that all of my usual superhero shows will be delayed much later into the year because of filming restrictions will likely also make next year weird. I haven’t gotten Disney+ or HBOMax yet; I suspect both will depend on when the various superhero shows start hitting them.
(We limited ARR’s allowed time watching Youtube videos of people playing Minecraft; he watched a lot of Captain Underpants, Magic School Bus, Dinotrux and some Pokemon cartoons. We also watched the first season and part of the second of Avatar: The Last Airbender as a family.)
Things that stood out included:
Cartoons: I watched the last season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power; one season each of Ducktales, Harley Quinn and Steven Universe; and the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Superheroes: I watched a season each of: DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash, Swamp Thing, Titans, Doom Patrol, and Umbrella Academy.
Comedy: I finished out The Good Place and Perfect Harmony. I watched another season of Brooklyn 99. I watched the first seasons of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and What We Do in the Shadows; and both seasons of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Everything else was a bit of a mishmash, including a season each of The New Legends of Monkey (medieval fantasy), Catch-22 (black comedy), I Am Not Okay With This and Euphoria (teen drama), Stranger Things (horror) and Star Trek: Discovery (sci-fi).
I described by watching habits last year as “I want to be entertained because the world sucks.” Wow, did that continue as before! I’m going into 2021 with some new DVD sets and several recommendations; but I suspect I’ll also try to cull off some things on my list that I’ve clearly lost interest in. The fact that all of my usual superhero shows will be delayed much later into the year because of filming restrictions will likely also make next year weird. I haven’t gotten Disney+ or HBOMax yet; I suspect both will depend on when the various superhero shows start hitting them.
(We limited ARR’s allowed time watching Youtube videos of people playing Minecraft; he watched a lot of Captain Underpants, Magic School Bus, Dinotrux and some Pokemon cartoons. We also watched the first season and part of the second of Avatar: The Last Airbender as a family.)
